Cuspidor-lifter.



0. T. LEE.

GUSPIDOR LIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12, 1913.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914. n

C/zarZaaZZ 06 v To all whom it may concern oHAnLns THOMAS LEE, or BLAUVELT, NEW YORK.

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Be it known that LOHARLns THOMAS Len,

" a citizen of the United States, residing at this condition.

Blauvelt, in the county offRockland and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in cuspidor-Lifters, of which the following is a specification. V

The general object of this inventionis, to obviate the necessity of placing the hands on a cuspidor or the like,'.whenever it. is

necessary to move around .orclean the cuspidor. y

It is a well-known fact: that a large percentage of contagious diseases are spread by expectoration, and as 1 approximately all office buildings and publicstructures contain cuspidors, it is obvious that these cuspidors are more or less contaminated; therefore, it

is very unsanitary for the employees of such buildings to be handling the cuspidors in To attain the object inview the invention consists of a j aw portion for engaging with the cuspidor and a handle] for carrying the said jaw.

Other objects will appear and be'better understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the following is a specification, reference beinglhad to theaccompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device applied to a usual cuspidor cover. Fig. 2 1s a perspectiveview ofthe devlce. F1g.

8 is an elevational view of the device ap plied to the bowl of a cuspidor similar to that shown in Fig. 1. Fig.4 is an elevational view of the device applied to another style of cuspidor. i

The device as shown in the drawings, consists of a body portion a and a jaw-member I) carried by the said body portion.

The part 5 may be formed of wood or of 1 some suitable metal of light weight, and

may be, cylindrical in cross section; its length may be of such size that when placed in position on a cuspidor,; it will be within easy reach of the operators hands, so that stooping will be unnecessary. Spaced at various intervals onthe body 5 and in vertical alinement, are a plurality of eyelets 6 by which means is carried the securing. memberb.

The member Z) consists of a rod 7 which is journaled in the eyelets,and which is provided with a crank handle 8 at the upper Specification. of Letters Patent.

end. A foot 9, is secured to the lower end of the rod and is positioned beyond the end 10of the bodyportion 5. This admits of the foot being swung around by the handle 8, under the end 10. Adjacent to the handle 8 an annular collar. 11 is secured to the rod 7; between the collar 11 and the uppermost eyelet U a coil spring 12 is wound around the rod; and as the rod is plunged downwardly the spring is tensioned between the eyelet and the collar 11. It will be seen that upon the handle 8 bein plunged downwardly against the action of the spring and the foot swung around in position under the lower end 10 of thebody, the action of the spring will be to force the foot upwardly and in contact with the said lower end of the body portion or handle 5.

Positioned at the lower portion of the part 5 and in alinement therewith, is an arm 13, which is bent as at 14 so asto be in spaced relation with the said part 5. This armis Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

Application filed November 12, 1913. Serial No. 800,583.

flared outwardly at the end 15 and is adapted to cooperate with the part5 in fitting over the side of the cuspidor 0. As shown in Figs. 9. and 3 the foot 9 is of sufficient length to contact with the arm :13.

In operation, a porter or the like wishing to remove thecover (Z of the cuspidonplaces thereon the device so that theend 110 of the body, will stand on the upper face of the a cover. The handle is then plunged downwardly as above described and the foot y y in under the lower face of the same. The

swung into the opening 70 of the cover and tension of the spring will force the foot upwardly to the position shown in dotted lines 1 in Fig. 1, and the cover, being secured between the foot and the end 10 of the body by the action of the spring, can be lifted by the body portion or upright 5, and placed.

in the position shown in Fig. 3 if so desired.

After removing the cover, the above menj;

tioned operation is reversed and the device is disengaged therefrom. It can then be used for carrying the bowl 0 as shown in Fig. 3. For doing this, the device is positioned so that the side ofvthe cuspidor is fitted between the arm 13 and the body ,5.

The foot is swung around under the bottom of the cuspidor andit can be carried or" moved about as desired. a For use on adifferent form of cuspidor shown in Fig. l,the device is positioned so that the lip h is be.

tween the arm 13 and part 5, as described for Fig. 3, and the foot is swungagainst the inner face of the cuspidor; by virtue of the rod being secured to the end of the foot, the foot will swing eccentrically When the rod is rotated, thus it will bind against the inner face of the cuspidor, and cooperate with the arm 13, for holding the cuspidor.

The device can be usedfo-r holding the cuspidors while being cleaned and can then be plunged into a disinfecting bath. Owing to the sanitary value of the invention it can be used not only with cuspidors but for any purpose when such opportunity occurs.

What is claimed as new is A lifter comprising a body, an arm attached to one side of the body and having Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each. by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 7

an end portion spaced from the end thereof, said spaced end portion of the arm being approximately parallel with the adjacent end portion of the body and a rod rotatably mounted at the opposite side of the body CHARLES THOMAS Witnesses GEORGE P. KLEE, J N0. KLEE.

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